Treffer: Usage versus citation behaviours in four subject areas

Title:
Usage versus citation behaviours in four subject areas
Authors:
GORRAIZ, Juan, GUMPENBERGER, Christian, SCHLÖGL, Christian
Source:
Selected Papers of the 14th International Conference of the International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics (ISSI), July 15-19, 2013, Vienna, AustriaScientometrics (Print). 101(2):1077-1095
Publisher Information:
Dordrecht: Springer, 2014.
Publication Year:
2014
Physical Description:
print, 1 p
Original Material:
INIST-CNRS
Subject Terms:
Information and communication sciences, Sciences de l'information communication, Documentation, Sciences exactes et technologie, Exact sciences and technology, Sciences et techniques communes, Sciences and techniques of general use, Sciences de l'information. Documentation, Information science. Documentation, Sciences de l'information et des bibliothèques. Etude d'ensemble, Library and information science. General aspects, Bibliométrie. Scientométrie. Evaluation, Bibliometrics. Scientometrics. Evaluation, Sciences de l'information et de la communication, Information and communication sciences, Bibliométrie. Scientométrie, Bibliometrics. Scientometrics, Citation, Citación, Domaine recherche, Research field, Campo investigación, Facteur impact, Impact factor, Factor impacto, Métrique, Metric, Métrico, Recherche scientifique, Scientific research, Investigación científica, Articles in press, Citation metrics, Citations, Disciplinary differences, Downloads, Usage factor, Usage metrics
Document Type:
Konferenz Conference Paper
File Description:
text
Language:
English
Author Affiliations:
Vienna University Library, Bibliometrics Department, University of Vienna, Boltzmanngasse 5, 1090 Vienna, Austria
Institute of Information Science and Information Systems, University of Graz, Universitätsstr. 15, 8010 Graz, Austria
ISSN:
0138-9130
Access URL:
http://pascal-francis.inist.fr/vibad/index.php?action=search&terms=28892093
Rights:
Copyright 2015 INIST-CNRS
CC BY 4.0
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Notes:
Sciences of information and communication. Documentation

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Accession Number:
edscal.28892093
Database:
PASCAL Archive

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This study puts an emphasis on the disciplinary differences observed for the behaviour of citations and downloads. This was exemplified by studying citations over the last 10 years in four selected fields, namely, arts and humanities, computer science, economics, econometrics, and finance, and oncology. Differences in obsolescence characteristics were studied using synchronic as well as diachronic counts. Furthermore, differences between document types were taken into consideration and correlations between journal impact and journal usage measures were calculated. The number of downloads per document remains almost constant for all four observed areas within the last four years, varying from approximately 180 (oncology) to 300 (economics). The percentage of downloaded documents is higher than 90 % for all areas. The number of citations per document ranges from one (arts and humanities) to three (oncology). The percentages of cited documents range from 40 to 56 %. According to our study, 50―140 downloads correspond to one citation. A differentiation according to document type reveals further download- and citation-specific characteristics for the observed subject areas. This study points to the fact that citations can only measure the impact in the 'publish or perish' community; however, this approach is neither applicable to the whole scientific community nor to society in general. Downloads may not be a perfect proxy to estimate the overall usage. Nevertheless, they measure at least the intention to use the downloaded material, which is invaluable information in order to better understand publication and communication processes. Usage metrics should consider the unique nature of downloads and ought to reflect their intrinsic differences from citations.